插

to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose

old variant of 插[cha1]

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

to separate the grain from the husk

to place in a certain position / to assign to a job / to plant / resettlement (old)

lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom) / fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it

to install (hardware) internally (rather than plugging it in as a peripheral) / (math.) to interpolate / interpolation

plug-and-play

to extrapolate / extrapolation (math.) / (computing) to plug in (a peripheral device etc)

episode / brief interlude

to slide in and out / thrusting

power strip

crowded tightly / jam-packed

unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments)

to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)